Prevalencia de úlceras por presión en adultos mayores en la unidad de cuidados intensivos de un hospital de tercer nivel.

Abstract

Pressure ulcers are regions of the skin that are injured when sitting or lying inone position for a long time the most frequent anatomical sites include heels, sacrum, shoulder blade, ears etc. Pressure ulcers can be classified into 4 stages. Objective: To determine the prevalence of ulcers due to pressure in elderly people in the intensive care area of a third level hospital. Methodology: Descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional study in a tertiary level hospital. The instrument that was applied was indirect observation aimed at reviewing the medical records of older adults with UPP by means of the data collection form. Results: The prevalence of patients with pressure ulcers was given by the sensitivity of diagnostic patients with UPP that was 60%; of which according to the sex that is a dichotomous variable the masculine one (61%), according to the age the most affected were the patients between 86 and 95 years with one (30%); according to the anatomical site, the most frequent is the sacral area with one (45.4%); according to stage, the most common was stage II with one (45.4%); according to the state of consciousness was the Obnibulatory with one (45.4%); finally the place of acquisition of the most common pressure ulcers turned out to be those acquired in the home with one (45%) Conclusions: Pressure ulcers prevail in older adults of male sex in the sacral area of their anatomy